Means for attaching implements to cultivator-frames.



No. 883,485. PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

* W- E'WA MEANS FOR ATTAGHING IMPLEMBNYTSTO OULTIYATOR FRAMES.

APPLICATION nun m. 27. 1eo7.

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UNITED sTATEsig rENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. WALDEN, OF MARIETTA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM S. HALE, OF MARIETTA, OKLAHOMA.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 27,

Patented March 31, 1908.

1907. Serial No. 390,313.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WALDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marietta, county of Love, Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Means for Attaching Im lements to Cultivator-Frames, of which t 1e following is a specification.

This invention has relation to means for attaching plows and similar implements to the frames of riding cultivators and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a means of especial construction to be attached to riding cultivators to which a plow, lister, or planter beams may be readily attached whereby the implement is converted from a Walking implement into one upon which the operator may ride. The attaching means is so constructed that the beam of the im lement may be shifted to one side or the ot er with relation to the supporting wheels of the cultivator and the beam of the implement is free for limited vertical swing while in operation.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1 is a side elevation of attachment attached to a riding cultivator. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of same.

The plow attachment consists of the clamping plates 3 which can be attached to the intermediate portion of the axle 1 of a riding cultivator as shown in the drawing and may be shifted longitudinally along the The guides 4 depend from the lower member of the plates 8. The said guides are held apart at suitable distances by means of the blocks 5 interposed between them and held by the clamping bolts 6. The said guides are adapted to receive between them the beam 7 of a plow or other implement and the distance from one guide to the other depends upon the breadth of the plow beam operating between them. Each of of the guides 4 is provided upon its lower outer side with a lug 8 to which is pivotally attached one end of a rod 9. The rods 9 are provided with roughened surfaces 10. The U-clamps 11 are adjustably located u on the vertical side portions of the arch ax e 1 of the cultivator and engage or bind the rods 9 against the said portions of said axle. The rods 9 form braces for the lower portion of the guides 4 and may be pitched at any desired angle to the said guides. The roughened surfaces 10 hold the said rods against slipping in the U-clamps 11. The clamping plates 14 are adjust'ably located upon the vertical sideportions of the arch bar 12 of the cultivator as per drawing and the cross bar 15 is pivotally mounted between the forward ends of the opposite set of clamping plates 14. The cross bar 15 is provided with an elongated slot 16 which receives the side portions of the U-clamp 17. der the forward portion of beam 7 and is fixed with relation thereto by means of the nuts 18 screw-threaded u )on the said clamp and lying upon the top of the said bar. The rear end portions of the clamping plates 14 are connected together and held at proper relation to each other by means of the inverted U-shaped cross piece 19. The cross bar 20 is attached by means of a clamp 21 to the beam 7 and is attached to the levers 22 of the cultivator by means of the chains 23.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that the parts may be so adjusted as to hold the beam of an attached implement to one side or the other of the cultivator frame, that the beam of the implement may be pitched at an angle to the line of draft and that the beam of the implement is free for limited vertical swing. By manipulating the levers 22 the attached implement'may be ele vated above the surface of the ground or the depth at which it will operate in the ground may be regulated; at the same time the parts of the plow attachment are effectu ally braced and may be adjusted to meet all usual conditions and requirements.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is 1. In combination with a cultivator frame, a means for attaching the beam of an implement thereto comprising guides depend ing from the cultivator frame and adapted to be shifted laterally thereof, brace rods attached to the lower portions of the guides and clamping mechanism for securing said brace rods to the cultivator frame.

2. In combination with a cultivator frame, a means for attaching an implement beam thereto, comprising guides depending from the cultivator frame, brace rods pivotally attached to the lower portions of the guides Said U-clamp passes unand clamping means for securing the brace rods to the cultivator frame.

3. In combination with a cultivator frame, a means for attaching an implement beam thereto comprising guides depending from the frame of the cultivator, clamping plates adjustably mounted upon the forward por tion of the cultivator frame, a slotted cross bar pivotally mounted between the clamping plates and a cross piece also connecting the clamping plates together.

4. In combination with a cultivator frame, a means for attaching an implement beam thereto, comprising guides depending from the cultivator frame, a slotted cross bar pivotally mounted at the forward portion of the cultivator frame and a clamping means adjustably located in the slot of said cross bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. WALDEN.

Witnesses:

L. F. BUTLER, E. WHITE. 

